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The Elcar Seven Passenger Sedan-8-80 was manufactured by Elkhart Carriage Company of Elkhart, Indiana.

Elcar Seven Passenger Sedan-8-80 specifications (1926 data)

  • Color – Light or dark coach blue or Thebes gray
  • Seating Capacity – Seven
  • Wheelbase – 127 inches
  • Wheels – Steel or wood
  • Tires - 32” x 6.20” balloon
  • Service Brakes – Hydraulic, contracting on four wheels
  • Emergency Brakes – Contracting on front universal
  • Engine - Eight cylinder, vertical, cast en block, 3-1/8 x 4-1/4 inches (260.78 c.i.d.; 4.273 liters); valves in side; H.P. 31.25 N.A.C.C. rating
  • Lubrication – Full force feed
  • Crankshaft - Five bearing
  • Radiator – Cellular type
  • Cooling – Water pump
  • Ignition – Storage Battery
  • Starting System – Single Unit
  • Voltage – Six
  • Wiring System – Single
  • Gasoline System – Vacuum
  • Clutch – Dry plate
  • Transmission – Selective sliding
  • Gear Changes – 3 forward, 1 reverse
  • Drive – Hotchkiss
  • Springs – Semi-elliptic
  • Rear Axle – Three-quarter floating
  • Steering Gear – Cam and lever

Standard equipment

New car price included the following items:

  • combination tail and stop lights
  • two lights on instrument board
  • electric horn
  • speedometer
  • ammeter
  • oil gauge
  • motometer
  • automatic gasoline gauge on instrument board
  • bumpers front and rear
  • snubbers all around
  • automatic windshield wiper
  • rear vision mirror
  • cowl ventilator
  • extra rim and carrier
  • pump
  • jack
  • tools
  • repair kit
  • robe rail
  • foot rail
  • enclosed models have heaters

Optional equipment

The following was available at an extra cost:

none listed

Prices

New car prices were F.O.B. factory, plus Tax:

  • 8-80 Five Passenger Touring - $2165
  • 8-80 Seven Passenger Touring - $2265
  • 8-80 Four Passenger Open Roadster - $2315
  • 8-80 Three Passenger Coupé Roadster - $2315
  • 8-80 Five Passenger Sedan - $2265
  • 8-80 Seven Passenger Sedan - $2765
  • 8-80 Five Passenger Brougham - $2865

See also

References

Source: Slauson, H. W.; Howard Greene (1926). ""Leading American Motor Cars"". Everyman’s Guide to Motor Efficiency. New York: Leslie-Judge Company.


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